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  • There's A Story About A Hiker Who Encounters A ...

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Jul 5, 2007 (message contributor)

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There’s a story about a hiker who encounters a man in the forest who’s furiously swinging his axe at a tree.

Whack! Whack! Whack!

The hiker observes for a minute and says: “Man, why don’t you stop for a moment to rest and sharpen your axe? You’ll be happy you did when you’re able to chop more with less effort.”

To which the man replies: “No way, I can’t stop now. I’d love to stop and sharpen